Explore Undercover through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like clandestine or secret. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Undercover meaning
- Performed or happening in secret.
- Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
Synonyms of Undercover
Using Undercover
- The main meaning on this page is: Performed or happening in secret. | Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation.
- Useful related words include: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger.
- In the example corpus, undercover often appears in combinations such as: an undercover, the undercover, undercover police.
Context around Undercover
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Undercover
- In this selection, "undercover" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, working, two, agents, police, agents and agent stand out and add context to how "undercover" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 documentary undercover police hunting and an fbi undercover agent soon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "undercover" sits close to words such as differential, entrepreneurship and eva, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with undercover
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An FBI undercover agent soon began corresponding with Mr Garcia. (10 words)
Anthony Goward drove hundreds of miles to meet his 'victims' - who were part of an undercover police sting. (18 words)
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a CIA operative in Fubar, who learns that his daughter is also an agent and has been undercover for years. (23 words)
Unbeknown to Marshall, he was not speaking to a like-minded sex offender but an undercover police officer, with the whole process of how he was brought to justice caught on camera for Channel 4 documentary Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles. (40 words)
According to court records, on Saturday, July 15, 2023, Zuberi traveled from his home in Klamath Falls, OR, to Seattle, WA, where he solicited the services of a prostitute, he then posed as an undercover police officer. (37 words)
An undercover reporter for the newspaper worked for debt-collecting contractor Arvato Financial Solutions and accompanied agents who used court warrants to gain entry into customers’ homes to force-fit the meters. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Numerous social media users posted photos of known or suspected FBI agents undercover at pro-Trump rallies, alleged that the FBI embedded undercover agents at the Jan.
Unbeknown to Marshall, he was not speaking to a like-minded sex offender but an undercover police officer, with the whole process of how he was brought to justice caught on camera for Channel 4 documentary Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles.
Hong Kong protesters detain man claimed to be undercover police In Hong Kong's paralyzed international airport, protesters detain a man they say is working undercover for police.
After James allegedly captured and killed one of Pinkerton's undercover agents (who was working undercover at the farm neighboring the James family's farmstead), he abandoned the chase.
Two undercover policewomen and two undercover policemen had entered the bar earlier that evening to gather visual evidence, as the Public Morals Squad waited outside for the signal.
According to court records, on Saturday, July 15, 2023, Zuberi traveled from his home in Klamath Falls, OR, to Seattle, WA, where he solicited the services of a prostitute, he then posed as an undercover police officer.
According to the police report, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit was conducting undercover surveillance in the San Jose area when they came across Le’Keian Woods.
A criminal investigation into the conduct of 19 B.C. municipal police officers at an undercover police training event in Vancouver in 2022 has been completed.
After a chance encounter with a pervert who creates heroes, a teen named Chiaki soon becomes an undercover hero to support his brothers financially.
After Commander Riker is injured while on an undercover mission, the people of the planet Malcor III see through his disguise and notice that his biology is different from theirs.
A judge was left perplexed by a Shropshire paedophile's excuse after he was caught trying to have sex chats with 12-year-old girls by undercover police.
A New York City emergency medical technician (EMT) was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing money from an undercover agent posing as a patient, according to local authorities.
An FBI undercover agent soon began corresponding with Mr Garcia.
An investigation by BBC Panorama claims an undercover reporter working for the business found employees pressuring suppliers to reduce prices even after deals had been agreed.
Anthony Goward drove hundreds of miles to meet his 'victims' - who were part of an undercover police sting.
An undercover reporter for the newspaper worked for debt-collecting contractor Arvato Financial Solutions and accompanied agents who used court warrants to gain entry into customers’ homes to force-fit the meters.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a CIA operative in Fubar, who learns that his daughter is also an agent and has been undercover for years.
As Det Johnny Basil, he assumed the alias Desmond Mobay to go undercover and break up a drug ring, only to get addicted to heroin, forced into murder, and bumped off himself.
At around 1 p.m. on Feb. 1, undercover police officers arrested three women for purportedly selling stolen goods on the sidewalk at 16th and Mission.
At last, my veil of naiveté lifted, and I understood that I was face-to-face with an undercover conversion therapist who was now collecting my $40 co-pay.
Common combinations with undercover
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an undercover 61×
- the undercover 19×
- undercover police 16×
- undercover cop 13×
- undercover agent 10×
- undercover officers 10×
- undercover officer 9×
- undercover in 9×
- undercover agents 8×
- undercover reporter 7×